Definitions for halloysite

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halloysite hal·loy·site

Spelling: [huh-loi-sahyt, -zahyt, ha-]

IPA: /həˈlɔɪ saɪt, -zaɪt, hæ-/

Halloysite is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 740 anagrams from letters in halloysite (aehillosty).

Definitions for halloysite

noun

1. a refractory clay mineral similar in composition to kaolinite.

Origin of halloysite

1820-30; after Jean-Baptiste-Julien Omalius d'Halloy (1783-1875), Belgian geologist; with -site for -ite¹, after mineral names formed from surnames ending i